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  1. fairylights

    Obsessed with food and numbers.

    Tomorrow will be four weeks since I was diagnosed. It started as probably type 2 , then went to definately type 1 and now I have a diagnosis of LADA. I started off by injecting insulin 2x a day but have now been taken off insulin and put onto byetta and metformin. I am always on the internet...
  2. fairylights

    Newly diagnosed

    Thanks daisy1. I have been reading up a lot! I am now injecting 20 units of humulin M3 2x a day and 1000mg metaformin 2x a day and my BGL have reduced to between 8 and 10 - mostly below 8. The dietician told me that I have to eat carbs with every meal - but I am still thinking I should be...
  3. fairylights

    Newly diagnosed

    Ha,ha - yes - the doc said it would be quicker if I took my blood to the hospital myself, otherwise it would have to wait for the van pickup much later in the day!
  4. fairylights

    Hello....

    Don't know if it's normal but I am much the same. My GP sent my bloods to hospital the same day I saw her and I saw the diabetic nurse the next day. She also found ketones so is not sure what type of diabetes it is - I am injecting insulin morning and evening and taking metaformin and being...
  5. fairylights

    Newly diagnosed

    Last weekend everything was normal. On Saturday I started feeling a bit ill. On Sunday I felt worse had to drink pints of water, vision became blurry. Manged to get a GP appointment for Weds. She tested my urine and said I was very dehydrated and she thought I might have diabetes. She took...
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